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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said Corona took India back to its original ethos
At an IIPA session with Sadhguru, the Minister said, ease of living for common man is the ultimate aim of Good Governance
Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Corona has enabled us to go back to our original Indian ethos and practices like hand wash and Namaste have come into vogue with greater vigour. He said, Covid has awakened us all on the importance of healthcare as a national priority and also made the world aware of the virtues of social distancing hygiene, cleanliness, yoga, Ayurveda and traditional medicine, etc. Now they have come to trust this much more than earlier on and there is a renewed interest in yoga, Ayurveda etc. which have always been thrust areas for PM Narendra Modi. He was addressing a session with Sadhguru on “Inner Engineering-Technologies for Well Being” at the Indian Institute of Public Administration .
During the lockdown period particularly, Dr Jitendra Singh observed, many people resorted to Yoga not only to seek a betterment in their immunity status, but also to get over the pangs of loneliness and anxiety. He said, one of the fall-outs of the post-COVID era would be that even after the Corona virus is gone, those who have become habitual of Yoga during the lockdown period, will most likely continue to practise it for the rest of their lives, thus turning it into a lifetime blessing.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that the ultimate aim of Good Governance is to bring ease of living for the common citizen and strongly supported Sadhguru for saying that happy and joyful administrators will spread happiness in every sphere of life.
Sadhguru in his address said that India had always been a land of seekers with no rigid belief system. It never had a culture of conquest, but it was always a land of enquiry and added that we must maintain this ethos for our Republic to thrive on.
Sadhgurusaid that Corona virus demands a conscious responsible behaviour and this teaching is all the more relevant for leaders and administrators for delivering greater good to common man.
Justice M.N.Bhandari of Allahabad High Court, Vice President of IIPA Shri ShekharDutt, Director, IIPA, Shri S.N.Tripathi,Surabhi Pandey, Amitabh Ranjan, Navaljit Kapoorand other senior officials and faculty of IIPA took part in the event.
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Prime Minister's Office
Foreign Minister of UAE calls on PM Modi
Foreign Minister of United Arab Emirates,His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan,on an official visit to India, called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi earlier today.
The Foreign Minister conveyed the greetings and best wishes of the President and the Crown Prince of UAE.
Recalling the warmth and hospitality extended to him during his previous visits to UAE, the Prime Minister requested the Foreign Minister to convey his best wishes for health, happiness, and all-round success to the President and the Crown Prince. He also expressed happiness at the growth of bilateral relations over the last five years.
The Foreign Minister stated that India-UAE relations have never been better. He also outlined UAE’s vision to enhance bilateral cooperation for mutual benefit of the people of both the countries and also for peace, prosperity and stability in the region.
The Prime Minister reiterated his strong commitment to work with the UAE leadership to take the relationship to higher levels in all spheres of cooperation, includingi n trade and economy, energy, tourism and people-to-people contacts.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ceasefire Agreements with National Socialist Council of Nagaland/NK, National Socialist Council of Nagaland/ Reformation and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/K-Khango extended
Ceasefire Agreements are in operation between Government of India and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/NK , National Socialist Council of Nagaland/ Reformation  and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/K-Khango .
It was decided to extend the Ceasefire Agreements for a further period of one year with effect from 28th April, 2022 to 27th April, 2023 with NSCN/NK and NSCN/R and from 18th April, 2022 to 17thApril, 2023 with NSCN/K-Khango. These Agreements were signed on 19th April, 2022.
Ministry of External Affairs
Cabinet approves Introduction of Registration of Marriage of NRI Bill 2019
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the introduction of Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian  Bill, 2019, for creating more accountability and offering more protection against exploitation of Indian citizens, mostly women by their NRI spouses.
Details:
The Bill provides for amendment of the legal framework to act as a deterrent to the erring NRI spouses and creating more accountability and offer protection against exploitation of Indian Citizens married to NRIs.
Once the Bill is passed, marriages performed by NRIs would be registered in India or Indian Missions & Posts abroad, and necessary changes would be carried out in the:
- Passports Act, 1967; and
- Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 by insertion of Section 86A.
Major Impact:
Serving Judicial summons for Court proceedings in India is a major problem, which would be taken care of by this Bill by amending the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Thus, the Bill would offer great protection to Indian citizens married to NRIs and serve as a deterrent to NRIs against harassment of their spouses. This Bill would benefit Indian women married to NRIs worldwide.
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Austria
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approvedthe signing of the Memorandum of Understanding  between the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, India and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austria on Technology Cooperation in the Road Infrastructure Sector.
Impact:
The MoU aims to create an effective framework for bilateral cooperation in the field of Road Transportation, Roads/Highways infrastructure development, management and administration, Road safety and Intelligent Transport Systems between both countries.
The MoU will further strengthen ties, promote long standing bilateral relations and enhance trade and regional integration between Republic of India and the Republic of Austria.
Benefits:
The Indo-Austrian bilateral cooperation in the road transport sector would be beneficial both from the perspective of enhanced road safety as well as attractive financing possibilities for the sector, thus fostering and intensifying the already good relations between the two countries, through the proposed MoU in the Transport sector.
Background:
India has had good diplomatic relations with Austria since the establishment of bilateral ties between the two countries in 1949. Both countries share a history of friendly economic and diplomatic relations. Austria has state of the art technologies for roads and highways, such as electronic toll systems, intelligent transportation systems, traffic management systems, tunnel monitoring systems, geo-mapping and landslide protection measures.
Ministry of Finance
Massive fake invoice racket busted by DGGI, Nagpur Zonal Unit in the first week of March 2021 – Fraudulent transactions of app. Rs 500 Crores by 18 non-existent firms based in Jalgaon, Mumbai and Pune detected – Main Mastermind located and arrested
Nagpur: 09th March, 2021
As a part of the ongoing drive against fake invoices, multiple searches were conducted by the officers of DGGI, Nashik Regional Unit of Nagpur Zonal Unit at a number of business premises and residential premises across Maharashtra.
During the investigations, a number of entities which had obtained GST Registrations were found to be non-existent and it was observed that they had been floated exclusively for the purpose of engaging in fake GST transactions. The interrogations of the persons apprehended during the investigations revealed that a mastermind based in Jalgaon was behind the racket who had obtained the PAN numbers and Bank details of the persons to float these dummy entities and whose mobile number and email ID were used to register these fake entities.
The location of the mastermind was pinpointed with the help of informers and the search of the residential premises of the mastermind led to the unearthing of incriminating documents pertaining to various non-existent entities floated in the name of distant relatives of the mastermind. While a number of documents had been burnt by the mastermind, which was confessed by him during his interrogation, a large number of incriminating documents could be resumed.
Further interrogation of the mastermind revealed that apart from one fake firm of which the mastermind himself was the Proprietor, there were 17 other fake entities floated by him by obtaining GST registrations at Mumbai, Pune and Jalgaon.
These 18 fake firms were found to have engaged in fake transactions of almost Rs. 500 Crore without supply or receipt of any goods or services and had availed fraudulent Input Tax Credit of app. Rs 46.50 Crores.
For causing to commit and retaining the benefits arising out of offences specified under clause  and  of sub-Section  of Section 132 of the CGST Act, 2017 by way of setting up 18 fake and non-existent firms, including his own firm where he was the Proprietor, the mastermind was arrested on 5th March 2021 and was remanded to judicial custody till 19th March 2021.
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Ministry of Education
Minister of State for Education to attend consultation meeting of Education Ministers of E9 countries tomorrow
Minister of State for Education, Shri Sanjay Dhotre will attend consultation meeting of Education Ministers of E9 countries on E9 initiative: Scaling up digital learning to accelerate progress towards SDG4 on 6th April, 2021. The consultation is the first of a three-phased process to co-create an initiative on digital learning and skills, targeting marginalised children and youth, especially girls.
The initiative aims to accelerate recovery and advance the Sustainable Development Goal 4 agenda by driving rapid change in education systems in three of the 2020 Global Education Meeting priorities:  support to teachers;  investment in skills; and  narrowing of the digital divide.
The consultation will highlight progress and share lessons learned regarding challenges on digital learning and skills.
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Special Service and Features
IIT Madras calls for Registration for Symposium on ‘Future of India’s Electronics and Computers’
IIT Madras and IIT-M Pravartak Technologies Foundation are calling for registration from students, industry professionals and researchers to take part in the ‘Digital India RISC-V’ Symposium, a one-day event showcasing ‘The future of Electronics in India through the RISC-V pathway.’ It is scheduled to be held on 6th August 2023 at IIT Madras Research Park in Taramani, Chennai.
IIT Madras is keen to have a lot of participation from students, faculty and working professionals involved in RISC-V designs. This is a good platform to gain insights into the growing RISC-V ecosystem in India. This is an event with limited seats. Registration and participation are free of cost. Registrations are open for the Symposium. Interested can register through the following link - https://pravartak.org.in/dirv_tech_confluence_registration
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Hon’ble Minister of State in the Ministries of Electronics and Information Technology and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, and Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, who developed ‘SHAKTI,’ India’s first indigenously-designed microprocessor based on RISC-V ISA are scheduled to address the event along with other eminent dignitaries.
This Symposium will feature insightful tech talks by esteemed academicians, industry experts, interactive stalls showcasing indigenous RISC-V processors, an engaging hackathon conclusion, and a special investor session.
‘RISC’ stands for ‘Reduced Instruction Set Computer’ contrasted against other prevalent architecture, ‘CISC’ , ‘V’ stands for fifth generation. The RISC-V project began in 2010. The RISC-V ISA enables a new era of processor innovation through open standard collaboration. Born in academia and research, RISC-V ISA aims to deliver a new level of free, extensible software and hardware freedom on architecture, paving the way for the next 50 years of computing design and innovation.
The RISC-V foundation was formed in 2015 with IIT Madras being one of the Founder Members. The DIR-V  Microprocessor Program was launched in 2022 by the GOI, with an overall aim to enable the creation of Microprocessors for the future in India, for the world and achieve industry-grade silicon & Design wins by December 2023.
RISC-V ISA based designs are used by many companies and start-ups. RISC V ISA is open source and free of cost. For academicians, the pedagogy of RISC-V ISA opens up an industry-relevant curriculum with numerous exciting research and applications.
Ministry of Finance
SAY YES TO VOTE : SAY NO TO NOTE
Kolkata, 8th March, 2021
The Income Tax Department, Kolkata has set up a Control Room on 24x7 basis to curb the use of black money for electoral purposes and prevent monetary inducement by any person or parties in the upcoming General Election to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal, 2021. This control room will be operated till 02.05.2021 at Kolkata. Any complaint regarding movement of cash and valuables can be shared by the vigilant citizens through Toll Free Number 1800-345-5544 and Whatsapp number 9330092623 & 6291014944. The fax number is the same as Toll free Number. Citizens can send the complaint at the email controlroomwbelection2021[at]gmail[dot]com.
Citizens may use this facility and contribute towards ensuring free and fair Assembly election.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said, India’s culture, traditions and the Constitution has not allowed the thread of "Unity in Diversity" to get weaken in any circumstances.
During the last seven years, the Government has worked for inclusive empowerment with commitment to Constitutional values and has ensured “Development with Dignity” of all the sections including the Minorities: Naqvi
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that India’s culture, traditions and the Constitution has not allowed the thread of "Unity in Diversity" to get weaken in any circumstances. Addressing “Social Harmony and Women Empowerment and Pt. Deen Dayal Smriti Samman Programme”, organised by Bhartiya Baudh Sangh in New Delhi today Shri Naqvi said, many obstacles came in the way of inclusive development, but our strength of “Unity in Diversity” has ensured the country moved forward on the path of prosperity.
Shri Naqvi said that the country is celebrating its 75th anniversary of Independence. While we celebrate the Independence, we must also remember the “Horrors of Partition”. We have to remember who was responsible for the “Horrors of Partition”, we have to remember who conspired to sacrifice India’s interests for their narrow-minded political self-interests.
The Minister said that Lord Gautam Buddha’s purposeful message of spiritual humanism and karma-oriented life is still relevant for the entire humanity. His teachings of spiritual self-confidence continue to show us the path of inner peace and self-capability by erasing all the contradictions.
He said Lord Gautam Buddha’s teachings of inclusive society, filled with self-confidence, has proved to be the most meaningful and precise resolution and determination for the entire humanity during the Corona period. Lord Buddha’s teachings were mostly related to the solution of social and cultural complications; his hundreds of years old teachings and principles are relevant even today.
Shri Naqvi stated that even after having various languages, religions, regions, lifestyle, India is united only because of its culture, traditions and strong Constitutional values.
Shri Naqvi said that during the last seven years, the Government has worked for inclusive empowerment with commitment to Constitutional values. It has ensured “Development with Dignity” of all the sections including the Minorities.
Shri Naqvi said that organisations such as Bhartiya Baudh Sangh are playing a pivotal role in promoting social and cultural harmony and national unity.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Culture Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Shri John Barla, Bhartiya Baudh Sangh national president Bhante Sanghpriya Rahul, various religious leaders and other prominent people from education, social, cultural, health and other sectors were present on the occasion.
Ministry of Steel
NMDC Chairman says have the Operational Agility to Absorb Cyclical Volatility at Company’s 63 Annual General Meeting
National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. , under the Ministry of Steel held its 63rd AGM on yesterday during which it shared highlights of its spectacular performance achieved during very difficult times.
The Chairman and MD Shri Sumit Deb via video conference said that the pandemic has accelerated some key trends that will bring about a shift in steel demand. “The iron & steel industry will see exciting opportunities from rapid developments through digitalisation and automation, infrastructure initiatives, reorganisation of urban centres and energy transformation. At NMDC we have the required operational agility to absorb the cyclical volatilities in the iron ore and steel sector and stay ahead on a growth trajectory,”
Shri Deb also shared many records set by the NMDC team during FY 21, including a record turnover of
Rs 15,370 crores, the highest since the company’s inception.
As India’s largest iron ore miner, NMDC was prepared to meet the unexpected surge in domestic demand and was further supported by the Government’s proactive measures for a quick recovery. Shri Deb pointed out that record production and sales had also been achieved by the NMDC team not spared by the pain of a tough second wave of this pandemic. During the financial year NMDC achieved its highest ever production of 34.15 MT and sales of 33.25 MT.
Shri Deb also stresses on the digital transformation of the company.The digital transformation at NMDC will include a fleet management system, automatic sampling, vision enhancement systems to avoid accidents under foggy weather and 3D volumetric laser scanners, improving productivity and enhancing operational safety.
AYUSH
Ministries of Health and Ayush will work in synergy to integrate Ayush in the healthcare delivery system of the country
A well defined mechanism is being put in place to achieve the target
Health Ministers of states will also be involved in the process
A high-powered meeting of ministers, secretaries and other senior officials of the Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare was organised today at Nirman Bhawan to strengthen the process of integration of Ayush system in public health. Under the stewardship of both cabinet Ministers, Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya  and Shri Sarbanand Sonowal  both Ministries committed to streamline and operationalise a comprehensive approach of integration in the field of healthcare delivery system in the country as expected by Primie Minister shri Narendra Modi. A well-defined mechanism has been put in place to achieve the intended integration of Modern medicine and Traditional Health systems of the country.
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya said at the outset that a monthly joint review mechanism is being implemented to take the process of synergised action forward and accomplish a 360-degree integration of both ministries at all functional and conceptual levels. While underlining the importance of the initiative Shri Sonowal said that both ministries will work ‘hand-in-hand’ in a way that the health seeking masses of the country benefit the most, as envisaged by the PM. “In this regard health ministers of all states would also need to be taken on board”, he said.
A detailed presentation on the synergies already achieved between these ministries and the issues that need further action was presented by the special secretary, Ayush, Shri P K Pathak. It attracted further comments and specific suggestions by Mos Health Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar and Mos for Ayush Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai. Secretaries of both ministries also informed the meeting about various steps taken to further the process of integration. The issues discussed also included the challenge of integration at the level of basic science, medical education and public health delivery mechanism.
The integration between the Ministries of Ayush and MoHFW is all set to achieve a new level and depth of dynamism in the days to come. The meeting ended with a resolve by all the four ministers and senior officials to pragmatically develop such a chemistry of working together which will be result oriented and acceptable to masses of the country.
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Ministry of Finance
DGGI busts exporter companies for defrauding exchequer through fraudulent claims of ITC and cash refund of around Rs. 61 crore
An intelligence was developed by the officers of DGGI that few exporter companies were engaged in fraudulent availment of Input Tax Credit  on the invoices of non-existing and fictitious firms or such firms which apparently do not have any purchases themselves. The ITC so availed was utilized to pay IGST on the export goods, which was thereafter claimed as cash refund. Thus, the government exchequer was put at double loss – on one hand ITC was obtained on goods where no tax was paid and on the other hand IGST paid from such fraudulently availed ITC was obtained as cash refund. The amount of IGST refund obtained is estimated to be approx. Rs. 61 crore.
DGGI, Hqrs. searched the exporter companies and residence of their owner as well as premises of various supplier companies on 06.03.2020. These suppliers companies were found to have supplied only bills to these exporters, without supply of goods. The exporters had taken ITC on these fake bills and had taken refund of the same as the goods were shown to be exported. The controllers of the export firms were arrested on 06.03.2020 by the DGGI. However, the Ludhiana based owner of the supplier firms was on the run and was untraceable. He was not appearing for investigations even after various summons. The said owner of supplier firms appears to be a habitual economic offender and numerous cases have been made against him and his companies. Earlier, he had also been put under preventive detention under COFEPOSA in a case of commercial fraud investigated by the DGRI.
A very reliable input was received that the said person was hiding in Shimla and was staying at a renowned Five Star Hotel. A team of officers was deputed to visit Shimla, which traced him in the said Hotel and arrested him in the morning of 07.10.2020. Subsequent upon his arrest, he was produced before the competent Court and was sent to judicial custody at Tihar Central Jail, New Delhi for 14 days.
Further investigations in the matter are in progress.
Prime Minister's Office
PM remembers former PM Shri Morarjibhai Desai
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has remembered former Prime Minister, Shri Morarjibhai Desai.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Remembering our former PM Shri Morarjibhai Desai. In his long years of public service, he worked tirelessly for India’s development. He was known for his impeccable integrity and unwavering commitment to democracy."